William E. Schmickle

The Historic District Action Guide

From Designation Campaigns to Keeping Districts Vital

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This bookis a results-oriented, straight-talking guide for local activists, professionals, and preservation commissions committed to winning and maintaining local historic districts. Its political approach focuses on the crucial challenges of gaining and sustaining community and local governmental support for historic district regulations.

Produktdetails

• American Association for State and Local History
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 894g
• ISBN-13: 9781538103531
• ISBN-10: 1538103532
• Artikelnr.: 50446239

Autorenporträt

William E. Schmickle, Ph.D., is past chair of the Annapolis Historic Preservation Commission and cofounder of the Oak Ridge, North Carolina, Historic District. His services are available through his website, www.preservationpolitics.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: What D'ya Know? Part I: Preservation & the Politics of
Historic District Designation 1.Before You Take Another Step 2.Thinking
Politically about Historic District Designation 3.How It Starts 4.A Walk
through the Designation Process: A Guided Tour with Planner Kaye Graybeal
Part II: Campaign Strategy 5.On Planning and Strategy 6.Our Strategic Line:
A Community in/within Conflict 7.Makers, Breakers, Takers, and Shapers: The
Political Field of Play 8.Leadership and Organization 9.Working with a
Local Historical Society: A Conversation with Historic Annapolis' Greg
Stiverson 10.A Practical Vision 11.Gentrification and Social Justice: An
Exchange with the University of Georgia's James Reap 12.Thinking
Politically about Design Guidelines 13.It's Personal 14.Sticks and Stones
Part III: Campaigning in the Community 15.The Campaign Kickoff 16.Twitter
Campaigning 17.Community Meeting Arrangements 18.Your Community
Presentation 19.FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions 20.Thinking Politically
about Q&A: The Moving Pattern of Opponents' Challenges 21.Our Reframing Q&A
Strategy 22.Answering Opposition Questions I: From "Distrust of Them" to
the "Pivotal Shift" 23.Answering Opposition Questions II: From the "Pivotal
Shift" to "Distrust of Us" 24.Property-Rights Extremists 25.Petition
Politics 26.Reaching Out to the Opposition Part IV: Managing the Formal
Designation Process 27.Moving on to City Hall: Preparing for Commission
Hearings 28.Behind-the-Scenes Intelligence 29.Working with the Press:
Guidance from a Reporter 30.A Civic Vision 31.The Top Tier of Local
Government Part V: Winning the City Council Vote 32.The Politics of Public
Hearings 33.Lobbying City Hall: A Conversation with a Lobbyist 34.Speaking
Mayor to Mayor: A Dialogue with Charleston's Joseph P. Riley. Jr. 35.A
Checklist for One-on-One Meetings 36.Our Public Hearing Presentation 37.The
Politics of Compromise 38.Winning the Vote Part VI: The Politics of
Administering the Historic District 39.Our Transition to the HPC 40.On
Public Service 41.Our Community Compact for Rooted Growth 42.Drawing up Our
Design Guidelines: Tackling the Problem with Consultant Peter Benson
43.Fusion Preservation: Thinking like a Districtist 44.Political
Maintenance: Delivering Good Government Part VII: Political Demolition by
Neglect 45.Dispositional Gatekeeping 46.The Temptation of Administrative
Legalism 47.Municipal Neglect 48.The View from City Council: A Talk with a
Council Member 49.Districts under Threat 50.State-Level Interventions Part
VIII: Navigating the Municipal Administration 51.The Role of Your
Preservation Planner: A Discussion with Raleigh's Dan Becker 52.Relations
with Your Mayor: The Views of a Mayor's Adviser Part IX: The Politics of
Aging Historic Districts 53.The Crisis of Second-Generation Districts
54.OIMBYism 55.Getting Helpful Local Coverage: The Perspectives of a
Newspaper Executive Editor 56.Our New Strategic Line 57.A New Political
Who's Who: An Overview 58.Who's Who, Part One: District Rooters 59.Who's
Who, Part Two: District Rotters 60.Confronting Polarizers
61.Gentrification's Dissidents: On Displacement with Baltimore's Eric
Holcomb Part X: District Decline and Its Reversal 62.Political
Personalities: Who Leads? 63.The Stages of Declining Districts 64.The
Politics of Decision Making: Defensible and Defendable 65.Enforcement: The
Third Rail of Historic District Politics 66.The Politics of Appeals
67.Choosing Our Battles Part XI: Repairing Our Community Compact
68.Transformative Education 69.Reconstructive Programs
70.Institutionalizing Community Relations 71.Renewal through Revising
Design Guidelines 72.A Preservation Plan? Looking Ahead with Consultant
Elizabeth Watson 73.Our Sustaining Vision Epilogue